中英成語俚語800對076：出淤泥而不染

　　中英成語俚語800對076：出淤泥而不染

　　出淤泥而不染

　　Lilies are whitest in a blackamoor's hand.

　　eg：He was brought up in slum and became president of the firm, lilies are whitest in a blackamoor's hand.

　　中英俚語俗語來源：宋·周敦頤·愛蓮說：“余獨愛蓮之出淤泥而不染，濯清漣而不妖，中通外直，不蔓不枝。”

　　反義詞：近朱者赤，近墨者黑 Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.